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A key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act became a target Wednesday of conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court who questioned whether it remains constitutional or unfairly targets mostly Southern states. Chief Justice John Roberts voiced skepticism that only certain states remain covered despite progress and racial electoral gains, while other states have never …

Friday night, a fierce storm blew through the city, knocking out power to nearly 2 million residences and businesses; electricity may remain out for the week. Washington will spend this week cleaning out refrigerators and restoring power. …

As we foreshadowed just hours after the Supreme Court dropped the health care decision, conservatives had already pivoted to their next line of attack, riffing off of Chief Justice Roberts language in the ruling: The health care law is a new tax on Americans. …

This was truly a historic week at the Supreme Court, with landmark decisions on health care and immigration, and important actions on campaign finance and free speech. Here are five of the top winners — and five of the top losers — as a result of the justices’ actions. …

Chief Justice John Roberts, nominated to the high court by former President George W. Bush, voted with left-leaning justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elana Kagan creating a majority to maintain the law. The landmark ruling labeled the mandate is constitutional, in accordance with Congress’s power to tax. …

“The Supreme Court made clear today that the American people will be the ultimate judge of ObamaCare,” said Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the Senate Republicans’ campaign committee. “While I am disappointed in the outcome, there will be plenty of time to debate the Court’s decision; now we must focus on electing Republicans in November who will end ObamaCare and put Americans back to work.” …

Today’s ruling likely will stand as the Supreme Court’s most significant statement on congressional regulatory power since the 1930s when the justices struck down and then upheld President Roosevelt’s New Deal. …